Thread: Happy Memorial Day to all

On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:12 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
wrote:

>And may we always remember:
>
><http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>

Uh..Om. Memorial Day is a week from tomorrow. May 31.

Christine

Om wrote:

> And may we always remember:
>
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>

Temporal confusion is a sign of mental incapacity: Memorial Day is still
eight days away, and that was pointed out to you the FIRST time you
mentioned it. You seem to be in a fugue state. What did you take? Peyote?
Salvia? Flunitrazepam? Special K?

Anyway, in Photo #5, there's a somewhat-galling inaccuracy:

It says, "Memorial Day is a day when we pause to give thanks to the people
who fought for the things we have." That's not right. Veteran's Day is the
day which celebrates the people who fought. Memorial Day is the day which
celebrates the people who DIED. See the difference? (Well, YOU probably
don't. But rational people might.)

Bob

"Christine Dabney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:12 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>And may we always remember:
>>
>><http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>
>
> Uh..Om. Memorial Day is a week from tomorrow. May 31.

I'd like to take off tomorrow. Can I blame Om? lol

In article <[email protected]>,
Christine Dabney <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:12 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >And may we always remember:
> >
> ><http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>
>
> Uh..Om. Memorial Day is a week from tomorrow. May 31.
>
> Christine

Yes, I know... but I've been getting e-mails about it so was just
passing them on.
--
Peace! Om

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In article <jenKn.12393$[email protected]>,
"Cheryl" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Christine Dabney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
> > On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:12 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>And may we always remember:
> >>
> >><http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>
> >
> > Uh..Om. Memorial Day is a week from tomorrow. May 31.
>
> I'd like to take off tomorrow. Can I blame Om? lol

;-)
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"Christine Dabney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:12 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>And may we always remember:
>>
>><http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>
>
> Uh..Om. Memorial Day is a week from tomorrow. May 31.
>
> Christine



May 24th is Victoria Day in Canada, in case anyone cares I'll always
remember Memorial Day is on 5/31 because it's my brothers' birthday.

Jill

On 24-May-2010, "Cheryl" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'd like to take off tomorrow. Can I blame Om? lol

Which tomorrow; is it "last tomorrow", "this tomorrow" or "next tomorrow"
you want to take off. Oh, wait, I see by the date of your message that it
was "last tomorrow" not "this tomorrow" 8-)

Here's hoping you have many happy tomorrows
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"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> "Christine Dabney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:12 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>And may we always remember:
>>>
>>><http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>
>>
>> Uh..Om. Memorial Day is a week from tomorrow. May 31.
>>
>> Christine
>
>
>
> May 24th is Victoria Day in Canada, in case anyone cares I'll always
> remember Memorial Day is on 5/31 because it's my brothers' birthday.
>
> Jill

Memorial Day is always on the last Monday in May. Last year it was May 25.
Next Year it will be May 30.

"news" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:hte5ls$r1l$[email protected]..
>
> "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> "Christine Dabney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:12 -0500, Omelet <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>And may we always remember:
>>>>
>>>><http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>
>>>
>>> Uh..Om. Memorial Day is a week from tomorrow. May 31.
>>>
>>> Christine
>>
>>
>>
>> May 24th is Victoria Day in Canada, in case anyone cares I'll always
>> remember Memorial Day is on 5/31 because it's my brothers' birthday.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Memorial Day is always on the last Monday in May. Last year it was May 25.
> Next Year it will be May 30.
>
In the mid-70's the US Government decided to be 'more cost efficient' all
'non-religious' holidays would be scheduled on a Monday to give all the
government employees a three day weekend. They also combined the
independently celebrated Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays to one holiday
to celebrate 'all presidents'.....The government may call the last Monday in
May Memorial Day, but May 31 will always be the historical, and in my
opinion, legitimate Memorial Day. The same as 2/22 is Washington's birthday
and 2/12 is Lincoln's......why lump them together and say we're also
celebrating Gerald Ford (just using him as an example - I don't know when
his birthday is) as well.
-ginny

On May 24, 8:52 am, "Virginia Tadrzynski" <ta...@ptd.net> wrote:
>
> In the mid-70's the US Government decided to be 'more cost efficient' all
> 'non-religious' holidays would be scheduled on a Monday to give all the
> government employees a three day weekend. They also combined the
> independently celebrated Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays to one holiday
> to celebrate 'all presidents'.....The government may call the last Monday in
> May Memorial Day, but May 31 will always be the historical, and in my
> opinion, legitimate Memorial Day.

The historical Memorial Day was/is May 30th, not the 31st. -aem

"aem" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On May 24, 8:52 am, "Virginia Tadrzynski" <ta...@ptd.net> wrote:
>>
>> In the mid-70's the US Government decided to be 'more cost efficient' all
>> 'non-religious' holidays would be scheduled on a Monday to give all the
>> government employees a three day weekend. They also combined the
>> independently celebrated Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays to one
>> holiday
>> to celebrate 'all presidents'.....The government may call the last Monday
>> in
>> May Memorial Day, but May 31 will always be the historical, and in my
>> opinion, legitimate Memorial Day.
>
> The historical Memorial Day was/is May 30th, not the 31st. -aem

Correct. My calendar shows the traditional day, May 30, which does not
change, and the observed day, which does.

"Virginia Tadrzynski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>>
> In the mid-70's the US Government decided to be 'more cost efficient' all
> 'non-religious' holidays would be scheduled on a Monday to give all the
> government employees a three day weekend.

I wish they'd do that for Independence day, too.

On Mon, 24 May 2010 11:52:38 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> In the mid-70's the US Government decided to be 'more cost efficient' all
> 'non-religious' holidays would be scheduled on a Monday to give all the
> government employees a three day weekend. They also combined the
> independently celebrated Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays to one holiday
> to celebrate 'all presidents'.....The government may call the last Monday in
> May Memorial Day, but May 31 will always be the historical, and in my
> opinion, legitimate Memorial Day. The same as 2/22 is Washington's birthday
> and 2/12 is Lincoln's......why lump them together and say we're also
> celebrating Gerald Ford (just using him as an example - I don't know when
> his birthday is) as well.

I love three day weekends, but it is a sad state of affairs because it
does not feel like we're celebrating anything special other than an
extra day off anymore.

PS: I thought the three day weekends happened because so many people
turned long weekends into short vacations (using sick time) and
employers lost too much productivity.

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

On Mon, 24 May 2010 12:43:18 -0400, "Cheryl" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> "Virginia Tadrzynski" <tadx6@pt[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
> >>
> > In the mid-70's the US Government decided to be 'more cost efficient' all
> > 'non-religious' holidays would be scheduled on a Monday to give all the
> > government employees a three day weekend.
>
> I wish they'd do that for Independence day, too.

Oh, god, no!

--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

In article <[email protected]>,
Omelet <[email protected]> wrote:

> And may we always remember:
>
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>

That's next Monday.
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
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Updated 4-24-2010 with food story and pictures

In article <[email protected]>,
"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> May 24th is Victoria Day in Canada, in case anyone cares I'll always
> remember Memorial Day is on 5/31 because it's my brothers' birthday.
>
> Jill

I'm missing the connection.
Before 1971, Memorial Day was on May 30. That always struck me as
odd‹seems like being on the last day of the month makes more sense for
that sort of thing. Now it's the last Monday in May.
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Updated 4-24-2010 with food story and pictures

In article <[email protected]>,
"Virginia Tadrzynski" <[email protected]> wrote:

> In the mid-70's

Actually, the change was in 1971.

> the US Government decided to be 'more cost efficient' all
> 'non-religious' holidays would be scheduled on a Monday to give all the
> government employees a three day weekend. They also combined the
> independently celebrated Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays to one holiday
> to celebrate 'all presidents'.....The government may call the last Monday in
> May Memorial Day, but May 31 will always be the historical, and in my
> opinion, legitimate Memorial Day.

But, but,. . . but. . . Memorial Day used to be on May 30, not May 31.
> -ginny

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Updated 4-24-2010 with food story and pictures

On 24-May-2010, Melba's Jammin' <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm missing the connection.
> Before 1971, Memorial Day was on May 30. That always struck me as
> odd‹seems like being on the last day of the month makes more sense for
> that sort of thing. Now it's the last Monday in May.

From the VA's history of Memorial Day
(http://www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp), formerly Decoration
Day:
"Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an
organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) —
established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves
of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that
Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was
chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country."
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news wrote:
> "jmcquown"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>
>> "Christine Dabney"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>
>>> On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:32:12 -0500, Omelet<[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> And may we always remember:
>>>>
>>>> <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/MemorialDayCommentary#>
>>>>
>>> Uh..Om. Memorial Day is a week from tomorrow. May 31.
>>>
>>> Christine
>>>
>>
>>
>> May 24th is Victoria Day in Canada, in case anyone cares I'll always
>> remember Memorial Day is on 5/31 because it's my brothers' birthday.
>>
>> Jill
>>
> Memorial Day is always on the last Monday in May. Last year it was May 25.
> Next Year it will be May 30.
>
>
>
She's clearly too dumb to realize that if she has associated it with her
brother's birthday every year.